Reference · 64 numbers from 8 primary sources · updated September 2026
Solar statistics for India, 2026
The short answer
India had 162,152 MW of installed solar capacity as on 30 June 2026. PM Surya Ghar has since commissioned 14.8 GW of residential rooftop capacity across 50.06 lakh households, paying out ₹28,024 crore in subsidy. Our own calculator prices a system at about ₹58,000/kW, against which the central subsidy pays up to ₹78,000. Every third-party figure on this page is a published number, traced to the body that produced it.
This page exists for one reason: so that anyone writing about solar in India — a journalist, a policy analyst, a founder, a model answering a question — can find the number and cite it without hunting through ministry PDFs. Each figure below is the latest published version we could verify, labelled with the organisation that produced it and the month it was published, with a link to the source as it loads today. Where a body restates a figure (MNRE monthly progress, CEA capacity reports, PIB releases), the newest restatement wins. Where a number is a modelled estimate rather than a count, the model is named in the sentence. Nothing here is rounded up for effect, and nothing is repeated from another round-up page. If you are citing a single number, use the link on that row — every statistic has its own anchor so a citation can point at the exact row, not the whole page. Corrections are welcome and get a dated note.
Key takeaways — 12 numbers worth quoting
- 01
162,152 MW — India's installed solar capacity was 162,152 MW as on 30 June 2026 — 29.54% of the country's total installed generating capacity. row 1 ↓
- 02
12,140 MW — Rajasthan led large-scale solar installations in FY 2025-26 with 12,140 MW (35%), ahead of Gujarat at 8,952 MW (26%) and Maharashtra at 6,177 MW (18%). row 2 ↓
- 03
50.06 lakh households — More than 50.06 lakh households — about 5 million homes — were benefiting from rooftop solar under PM Surya Ghar as of August 2026. row 3 ↓
- 04
₹28,024 crore — ₹28,024 crore of subsidy has been released directly to household bank accounts under the scheme. row 4 ↓
- 05
6.4 GW — India added approximately 6.4 GW of rooftop solar in H1 2026 — a 104% increase over H1 2025. row 5 ↓
- 06
71% — Households that adopted rooftop solar reported an average 71% reduction in their electricity bills. row 6 ↓
- 07
₹1.45 lakh — IEEFA's benchmark cost for a 3 kW residential system is ₹1.45 lakh, against an overall installed cost of ₹1.7 lakh. row 7 ↓
- 08
692 GW — Global renewable power capacity grew by 692 GW (+15.5%) in 2025 — the largest annual increase on record. row 8 ↓
- 09
511 GW — Solar accounted for roughly three-quarters of that expansion, adding 511 GW (+27.2%) in 2025. row 9 ↓
- 10
210 GW — India's cumulative solar module manufacturing capacity reached 210 GW by December 2025, with cell capacity at 27 GW. row 10 ↓
- 11
13.94 lakh pumps — Under PM-KUSUM, 13.94 lakh pumps were installed or solarised in FY 2025-26, adding 7,672.35 MW and taking cumulative capacity to 13,111.87 MW. row 11 ↓
- 12
51.5% — Non-fossil power reached 262.74 GW — 51.5% of India's 509.64 GW of installed electricity capacity. row 12 ↓
How much solar capacity does India have?
India had 162,152 MW (162 GW) of installed solar capacity as on 30 June 2026 — 29.54% of the country's total installed generating capacity of 548,858 MW. In FY 2025-26 alone, India added 44.61 GW of solar, nearly double the 23.83 GW added the year before.
- 162,152 MW
India's installed solar capacity was 162,152 MW as on 30 June 2026 — 29.54% of the country's total installed generating capacity.
Central Electricity Authority (CEA), Government of India · 2026-06 · source (PDF)
- 548,858 MW
India's total installed generating capacity stood at 548,858 MW as on 30 June 2026, of which non-fossil sources were 297,369 MW (54.18%).
Central Electricity Authority (CEA), Government of India · 2026-06 · source (PDF)
- 132.85 GW
India's installed solar capacity reached 132.85 GW in November 2025, up from 94.17 GW a year earlier.
Press Information Bureau (PIB), Government of India · 2025-12 · source
- 253.96 GW
Total renewable energy installed capacity reached 253.96 GW in November 2025, up over 23% from 205.52 GW a year earlier.
Press Information Bureau (PIB), Government of India · 2025-12 · source
- 203 GW
On 29 July 2025 renewables met 51.5% of India's total electricity demand of 203 GW — the highest renewable share on record.
Press Information Bureau (PIB), Government of India · 2025-12 · source
- 44.61 GW
India added 44.61 GW of solar capacity in FY 2025-26, nearly double the 23.83 GW added in FY 2024-25.
Press Information Bureau (PIB), Government of India · 2026-08 · source
- 16.3 GW
Distributed solar contributed 16.3 GW — 36% — of India's FY 2025-26 solar additions of 44.61 GW.
Press Information Bureau (PIB), Government of India · 2026-08 · source
- 8.71 GW
Rooftop solar accounted for 8.71 GW of India's record 16.31 GW distributed-solar year in FY 2025-26.
Press Information Bureau (PIB), Government of India · 2026-04 · source
- 34.8 GW
India added around 34.8 GW of ground-mounted solar capacity between April 2025 and March 2026 — a 106% rise on the previous year.
JMK Research & Analytics · 2026-04 · source
- 26 GW
India installed a record 26 GW of solar capacity in the first half of 2026.
JMK Research & Analytics · 2026-07 · source
How much has the PM Surya Ghar subsidy delivered?
PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana has put rooftop solar on 50.06 lakh homes and released ₹28,024 crore of subsidy directly into household bank accounts, as of August 2026. Cumulatively, 14.8 GW of residential rooftop capacity has been commissioned under the scheme against its 30 GW / 1 crore-household target for FY2027.
- 50.06 lakh households
More than 50.06 lakh households — about 5 million homes — were benefiting from rooftop solar under PM Surya Ghar as of August 2026.
Press Information Bureau (PIB), Government of India · 2026-08 · source
- ₹28,024 crore
₹28,024 crore of subsidy has been released directly to household bank accounts under the scheme.
Press Information Bureau (PIB), Government of India · 2026-08 · source
- 14.8 GW
Cumulatively, 14.8 GW of rooftop solar capacity has been commissioned under PM Surya Ghar.
Press Information Bureau (PIB), Government of India · 2026-08 · source
- 1 lakh homes every 6 days
The scheme is adding roughly one lakh beneficiary households every six days, with July 2026 the highest-ever month for rooftop solar installations.
Press Information Bureau (PIB), Government of India · 2026-08 · source
- 26,19,879 systems
A total of 26,19,879 rooftop solar systems had been installed under the scheme as on 19 March 2026.
Press Information Bureau (PIB), Government of India · 2026-03 · source
- ₹17,967 crore
₹17,967.53 crore had been disbursed as central financial assistance under the scheme by 19 March 2026.
Press Information Bureau (PIB), Government of India · 2026-03 · source
- 9,566.89 MW
A total of 9,566.89 MW of rooftop solar capacity had been added under the scheme as on 20 March 2026.
Press Information Bureau (PIB), Government of India · 2026-03 · source
- 1,000 billion units
MNRE estimates that rooftop solar in one crore households will generate 1,000 billion units of renewable electricity and avoid 720 million tonnes of CO2-equivalent emissions.
Press Information Bureau (PIB), Government of India · 2026-03 · source
- 23.9 lakh households
By December 2025, 23.9 lakh households had installed 7 GW of rooftop solar, with ₹13,464.6 crore of subsidy released under the scheme.
Press Information Bureau (PIB), Government of India · 2025-12 · source
- 4.9 GW
Just over a year after launch, 4.9 GW of residential rooftop solar had been added under PM Surya Ghar — nearly 45% of India's residential rooftop capacity — reaching 1.6 million households.
Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) · 2025-08 · source
- ₹75,021 crore
The scheme carries a financial outlay of ₹75,021 crore (USD 8.53 billion) and targets 30 GW of residential rooftop capacity in 10 million households by FY2027.
Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) · 2025-08 · source
- 5.8 million applications
Nearly 5.8 million applications had been filed under the scheme by July 2025.
Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) · 2025-08 · source
- 22.7%
As of July 2025, the national installation-to-application conversion ratio under the scheme stood at just 22.7%.
Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) · 2025-10 · source (PDF)
- ₹65,700 crore
Of the scheme's ₹75,021 crore outlay, ₹65,700 crore (87.6%) is assigned as direct central financial assistance to residential consumers.
Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) · 2025-10 · source (PDF)
- ₹10,907 crore
Public sector banks had sanctioned over 5.79 lakh rooftop solar loan applications worth ₹10,907 crore as of September 2025.
Press Information Bureau (PIB), Government of India · 2025-10 · source
What does solar cost in India?
The benchmark cost of a 3 kW residential rooftop system is about ₹1.45 lakh, with installed quotes around ₹1.7 lakh before the central subsidy of up to ₹78,000. On the supply side, India's module manufacturing capacity reached 210 GW by December 2025 while cell capacity stayed at 27 GW.
- ₹1.45 lakh
IEEFA's benchmark cost for a 3 kW residential system is ₹1.45 lakh, against an overall installed cost of ₹1.7 lakh.
Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) · 2025-10 · source (PDF)
- ₹7 per unit
IEEFA's payback model for a 3 kW home system assumes an electricity charge of ₹7 per unit.
Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) · 2025-10 · source (PDF)
- 210 GW
India's cumulative solar module manufacturing capacity reached 210 GW by December 2025, with cell capacity at 27 GW.
Mercom India · 2026-01 · source
- 193,143 MW
The cumulative module manufacturing capacity approved under the ALMM list stands at 193,143 MW.
Mercom India · 2026-01 · source
- 119 GW
India added nearly 119 GW of solar module capacity and over 9 GW of cell capacity in 2025.
Mercom India · 2026-01 · source
- ₹1-1.5 lakh crore
A 2-3% cut in renewable energy costs would free up ₹1-1.5 lakh crore of investment capacity as India adds about 300 GW by 2030.
Press Information Bureau (PIB), Government of India · 2025-09 · source
- ₹100 crore
At the scale of a 500 MW solar park, this translates into project cost reductions of over ₹100 crore.
Press Information Bureau (PIB), Government of India · 2025-09 · source
What does a household actually save?
Households that install rooftop solar report an average 71% cut in their electricity bill, and 81% of those interested in installing give lower bills as the reason. CEEW estimates up to 66 GW of convertible demand is sitting behind awareness and outreach alone.
- 81%
81% of households willing to install rooftop solar cite lower electricity bills as their primary motivation.
Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) · 2026-06 · source
- 71%
Households that adopted rooftop solar reported an average 71% reduction in their electricity bills.
Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) · 2026-06 · source
- 66 GW
CEEW estimates that better awareness and trusted outreach could unlock convertible rooftop solar demand of up to 66 GW.
Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) · 2026-06 · source
- 270 GW
India's peak power demand reached a record ~270 GW in the summer of 2026, making distributed rooftop solar increasingly important to the grid.
Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) · 2026-06 · source
- 17,000 households
CEEW's findings rest on a pan-India survey of over 17,000 households across 22 states and 308 districts.
Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) · 2026-06 · source
- ₹5,000-14,400 crore
CEEW sizes the residential rooftop solar maintenance opportunity between ₹5,000 crore and ₹14,400 crore as the installed base scales.
Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) · 2026-06 · source (PDF)
How many jobs and how much manufacturing does solar support?
The rooftop solar value chain has trained over 2.32 lakh people, and PM-KUSUM solarised 13.94 lakh agricultural pumps in FY 2025-26 alone. India's domestic cell capacity of 25 GW still trails its 100+ GW of module capacity, which is why supply — not demand — is the constraint.
- 2.32 lakh people
Over 2.32 lakh people have been trained under capacity-building programmes supporting the rooftop solar value chain.
Press Information Bureau (PIB), Government of India · 2026-08 · source
- 13.94 lakh pumps
Under PM-KUSUM, 13.94 lakh pumps were installed or solarised in FY 2025-26, adding 7,672.35 MW and taking cumulative capacity to 13,111.87 MW.
Press Information Bureau (PIB), Government of India · 2026-04 · source
- 34,800 MW
PM-KUSUM targets around 34,800 MW of solar capacity by 2026-27 with ₹34,422 crore of central financial support.
Press Information Bureau (PIB), Government of India · 2026-08 · source
- 5,000 MW
A national floating solar initiative will raise India's floating solar capacity by 5,000 MW from around 700 MW today.
Press Information Bureau (PIB), Government of India · 2026-08 · source
- 25 GW
Domestic solar cell capacity of 25 GW lags far behind 100+ GW of module capacity — the bottleneck behind domestic content rules.
Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) · 2025-08 · source
- 100 GW
India targets 100 GW of solar manufacturing capacity by 2030.
Press Information Bureau (PIB), Government of India · 2025-09 · source
How does India compare with the rest of the world?
The world added 692 GW of renewable capacity in 2025 (+15.5%), of which solar was 511 GW (+27.2%). Solar alone met 75% of the growth in global electricity demand, and renewables overtook coal for the first time in a century.
- 692 GW
Global renewable power capacity grew by 692 GW (+15.5%) in 2025 — the largest annual increase on record.
International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) · 2026-03 · source (PDF)
- 511 GW
Solar accounted for roughly three-quarters of that expansion, adding 511 GW (+27.2%) in 2025.
International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) · 2026-03 · source (PDF)
- 2,895 GW
Asia holds 2,895 GW of renewable capacity — 56.2% of the world total — after adding 514.1 GW in 2025.
International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) · 2026-03 · source (PDF)
- 58%
295 GW, or 58% of all new renewable capacity installed in 2025, was utility-scale.
International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) · 2026-07 · source (PDF)
- 690 GW
Global renewable power capacity grew by more than 690 GW in 2025 — about 19% more than the 582 GW added in 2024.
International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) · 2026-07 · source (PDF)
- 75%
Solar power alone met 75% of the net increase in global electricity demand in 2025.
Ember · 2026-04 · source
- 33.8%
Renewables supplied 33.8% of global generation in 2025, overtaking coal (33.0%) for the first time in a century.
Ember · 2026-04 · source
- 52 TWh
In India, record solar and wind additions combined with strong hydro cut fossil generation by 52 TWh (-3.3%) in 2025.
Ember · 2026-04 · source
Which states are installing the most solar?
Rajasthan led large-scale solar additions in FY 2025-26 with 12,140 MW (35% of the national total), ahead of Gujarat at 8,952 MW and Maharashtra at 6,177 MW. On rooftops the market is concentrated: five states hold more than 70% of installed capacity, with Gujarat first at 1,491 MW under the scheme.
- 12,140 MW
Rajasthan led large-scale solar installations in FY 2025-26 with 12,140 MW (35%), ahead of Gujarat at 8,952 MW (26%) and Maharashtra at 6,177 MW (18%).
JMK Research & Analytics · 2026-04 · source
- 8.7 GW
Rooftop solar reached about 8.7 GW in FY 2025-26, a 69% year-on-year rise, with the scheme covering over 26 lakh households and disbursing nearly ₹14,771 crore.
JMK Research & Analytics · 2026-04 · source
- 614 MW
Maharashtra recorded the highest state off-grid solar addition in FY 2025-26 at 614 MW (58% of the national total), followed by Gujarat at 77.9 MW.
JMK Research & Analytics · 2026-04 · source
- 7.6 GW
In the first half of 2026, Gujarat (7.6 GW, 29%), Rajasthan (6.6 GW, 25%) and Tamil Nadu (2.4 GW, 9%) led India's solar installations.
JMK Research & Analytics · 2026-07 · source
- 1,491 MW
Gujarat leads all states in residential rooftop solar under the scheme with 1,491 MW installed, followed by Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala and Rajasthan.
Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) · 2025-10 · source (PDF)
- 77.2%
The top five states account for approximately 77.2% of India's installed residential rooftop solar capacity.
Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) · 2025-10 · source (PDF)
- 70%
Five states — Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Kerala — account for more than 70% of India's installed rooftop solar capacity.
Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) · 2026-06 · source
How fast are Indian homes adopting rooftop solar?
Rooftop solar additions rose 104% year-on-year to about 6.4 GW in the first half of 2026, and residential growth has accelerated from 45% CAGR in 2017-2023 to 85% CAGR in 2024-2026. The bottleneck is conversion: only 22.7% of applications had become installations as of July 2025.
- 6.4 GW
India added approximately 6.4 GW of rooftop solar in H1 2026 — a 104% increase over H1 2025.
JMK Research & Analytics · 2026-07 · source
- 85% CAGR
Residential rooftop solar growth accelerated from 45% CAGR in 2017–2023 to 85% CAGR in 2024–2026.
Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) · 2026-06 · source
- 13.1%
Despite a near fourfold rise in applications between March 2024 and July 2025, only 13.1% of the scheme's one-crore-household target had been installed.
Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) · 2025-10 · source (PDF)
- 4.2x
CEEW calculates that India needs a 4.2x faster monthly growth rate to reach its residential rooftop solar deployment target.
Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) · 2026-06 · source (PDF)
Cite this page
You do not need permission to cite any number on this page — that is what it is for. Link the row you used, or the page as a whole. Preferred attribution, in the order most editors want it:
SolarBachat, "Solar statistics for India, 2026", https://solarbachat.com/solar-statistics — citing <publisher>, <published date>.
Machine-readable version of every row (value, publisher, publication date, source URL, verbatim quote): /api/v1/solar-statistics.json
How these numbers were selected
64 statistics from 8 publishers: Press Information Bureau (PIB), Government of India (24), Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) (11), Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) (9), JMK Research & Analytics (7), International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) (5), Mercom India (3), Ember (3), Central Electricity Authority (CEA), Government of India (2).
- Primary sources only. A figure is cited to the body that produced it — a ministry, a regulator, a national statistical release, an industry tracker that publishes its own data — not to a round-up that repeated it.
- Verified, not trusted. Every source link was opened on 15 September 2026 — the day this page was published — and the number was confirmed to appear on the page or PDF it points to. A figure we could not confirm was dropped rather than softened.
- Dated, not timeless. Each row carries the month the source published it, because a 2024 capacity number and a 2026 one are different facts.
- Site data is separate. The benchmark cost and subsidy tiers used by our own calculator are read live from SolarBachat's settings, so they move when the scheme moves.
- Corrections: if a number here is wrong or superseded, tell us via the contact page and it gets fixed with a dated note.
Questions people ask about these numbers
How much solar capacity does India have in 2026?
162,152 MW, or about 162 GW, as on 30 June 2026 — 29.54% of India's 548,858 MW of installed generating capacity, per the Central Electricity Authority's monthly report. India added 44.61 GW of solar during FY 2025-26.
How many homes have rooftop solar under PM Surya Ghar?
Over 50.06 lakh households had rooftop solar under the scheme as of August 2026, with 14.8 GW commissioned cumulatively and ₹28,024 crore of subsidy transferred directly to beneficiaries' bank accounts (PIB, MNRE).
What does a rooftop solar system cost in India right now?
A 3 kW residential system carries a benchmark cost of about ₹1.45 lakh, with an overall installed cost around ₹1.7 lakh before the central subsidy of up to ₹78,000 (IEEFA, October 2025). Use the calculator above for your own bill and city.
How fast is rooftop solar growing in India?
About 6.4 GW was added in the first half of 2026 alone, a 104% increase over H1 2025 (JMK Research), and 8.7 GW in FY 2025-26 (PIB). Residential growth accelerated from 45% CAGR in 2017-2023 to 85% CAGR in 2024-2026 (CEEW).
Why do these numbers differ from other round-ups?
Because they carry their dates. India's capacity is restated every month by the CEA and MNRE, and subsidy totals change with every disbursement. Where two sources disagree we publish the newer restatement and keep the older figure in the same section so the movement is visible.
Can I reuse these numbers?
Yes. Cite SolarBachat as the collection and the publisher named on the row as the source — each row has its own anchor, so a citation can point at a single statistic rather than the page. The same rows are available machine-readable at /api/v1/solar-statistics.json.
How do you check these statistics?
Every source link is opened when the page is published and the number is confirmed to appear on the page or PDF it points to. A figure that cannot be confirmed is dropped rather than softened. If a number here is wrong or has been superseded, it gets corrected with a dated note.
Put the numbers to work on your own roof
National averages hide your bill. Enter your monthly units and SolarBachat sizes the system, applies the ₹78,000 central subsidy and shows the payback — with every assumption on screen.
Keep reading
- The ₹78,000 subsidy, explained
- Application process, step by step
- Net metering, explained
- 1 kW system guide
SolarBachat is a private platform and is not affiliated with MNRE, any DISCOM or any government body. Statistics on this page are reproduced from published sources with attribution; the analysis, grouping and selection are ours.